Yellow Fan-Fingered Gecko
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii
(Donndorff, 1798)
ty-oh-DAK-til-us — hass-el-kwist-EE-ai
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Newly listed species. Native to northeastern Africa (Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan) and southern Middle East (Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sinai [Egypt], and Syria). It is established in Orange County, California (Hansen and Shedd, 2025, California Amphibians and Reptiles, Princeton University Press. 520 pp).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2025.01.05.22.28.56)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1798
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Donndorff, Johann August. Zoologische Beyträge zur XIII. Ausgabe des Linneischen Natursystems. Dritter Band, Amphibien und Fische. [Zoological contributions to the XIII. Edition of the Linnean natural system. Third volume, amphibians and fish.] Weidmannschen, Leipzig, Germany. vi+980pp.
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2016
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Fedler, Matthew T., Kenneth L. Krysko, and Michael L. Avery. Molecular analysis confirming the introduction of the Western African Fan-footed Gecko, Ptyodactylus togoensis (Tornier 1901) (Sauria: Phyllodactylidae), in Florida. IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians 23(1):183–186
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2025
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Hansen, Robert W. and Jackson D. Shedd. California Amphibians and Reptiles. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 520pp.
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